Apparel apparatus.



WALTER D. FORBES, OF OGDEN, UTAH.

APPAREL APPARATUS.

ASpeclcaton o Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17, 1908.

Patented :ruiy 2o, 1909.

serial no. 444,000.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALTER D. Fonnns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ogden, in the county of l/Veber and State of Utah, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparel Apparatus; and ldo declaro the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in apparel apparatus.

It has for its object to provide more especially for enabling adressnialrer, or other person, to accurately determine the length of askirt from the waistband to the bottom edge, the distance the latter isfrom the ground or floor, with a view of insuring the proper hanging ofthe skirt, and to cause the bottom edge thereof all around to have'thesame distance from the floor or ground 5 and to carry out these objectsin avery simple and effective manner.

W ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a front elevation thereof asapplied; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device itself upon anenlarged scale; Fig. 8 is a plan View thereof; Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view, taken on the line 44l of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview showing the device in its folded or col lapsed. position.

In carrying out my invention I provide a suitable sup ort or stand, 1preferably of annular out ine and having pivotally connected to itsunder side, as at 2, legs, 3, said logs being arranged in pairs and eachpair connected by a cross brace, 4 and 5, crossing each other. At thepoint of crossing, one of said braces has a depression, 6, adapted toreceive the opposite brace, and Within said depression is arranged awasher, 7, and through said braces and washer' is inserted a holdingnut-equipped screw, S, for the retention of said braces with the legs ineffective position. By this arrangement it will be seen that the legsmay be readily folded or collapsed when notl in use, as shown in Fig. 5.

An inner table 9 preferably formed ot layers i' of veneer suitablyunited together is sup ported concentrically ofthe annular member or suport 1, said table may be of any suitable tdrm or shape and is providedwith marginal notches 2a to permit the passage of ledges or projectionsupon the legs of the device When applying the same for use. The table 9may be supported upon any one of a series of opposed ledges orprojections 10 secured to the legs 3 at various distances from the topor support l to provide for the vertical adjustment of said table 9.rlhe legs 3 and braces 4 and 5 may be of the general outline disclosed,being preferably approximately T-shaped in cross section.

It 'will be noted that with the person standing in position upon themember 9, after it has been suitably adjusted upon the required ledgesor projections, 10, with the skirt of said person over-hanging themember 1, and depending below the same, the member 1 indicates the pointto which the bottom of the hem is desired to extend. The skirt is thenprovided with a suitable mark prefern ably made by a piece of chalkbeing drawn around the edge of the skirt against the edge of the memberl which permits the turning up of an accurate hein to cause the skirt tohang evenly all around.

lt will be seen that this arrangement provides a very simple,inexpensive and. readily operated contrivance for carrying out theaforesaid purpose, and which is cheaply construct-ed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with. theaccompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the inventionwill lbe readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, aroportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacricing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A sliirt fitting stand having legs hingedly connected to its lowerface and provided with laterally extending vertically spaced lugs, crossbraces connecting diametrically opposite logs and crossing each otherinterM inediately of their ends, means for detach ably connecting saidbraces at their point of intersection, and a member adjustably mountedon said vertically spaced lugs.

2. A slrirt tting stand having legs hingedly connected to its lower feceand lprovided With I member euljustztblyv rnoiintecl on said verti;y

laterally extending vertically spa-ced lugs, callyspa-ced lugs.

cross braces connecting dianietrieally oppo- In testimony whereof l havehereunto set site legs and crossing each other intermedimy hand inpresence of two subscribing Wit- 5 ately of their ends, one of saidbraces having nesses.

e, recess t0 receive the other bar or brace, a f

Washer also arranged in saiolrecess to provide WAL FER D FORBES' a solidconnection at their point of intersecvWitnesses:

tion, a bolt passingr through said braces and R. C. GUNDY,

l0 Washer to detachebly connect them, and a ROBT. B. LEWIS.

